Mediawiki notes
From raju
editing tables
small table
Small table, with borders, column headers, one row per line of MediaWiki markup:
{| class="wikitable" !col1 !!col2 !!col3 |- | Orange || Apple || more |- | Bread || Pie || more |- | Butter || Ice cream || and more |}
col1 | col2 | col3 |
---|---|---|
Orange | Apple | more |
Bread | Pie | more |
Butter | Ice cream | and more |
Small table, one row per line of MediaWiki markup:
{| | Orange || Apple || more |- | Bread || Pie || more |- | Butter || Ice cream || and more |}
Orange | Apple | more |
Bread | Pie | more |
Butter | Ice cream | and more |
Very simple table, one cell per line of MediaWiki markup:
{| |Orange |Apple |- |Bread |Pie |- |Butter |Ice cream |}
Orange | Apple |
Bread | Pie |
Butter | Ice cream |
align everything to left
col1 | col2 | col3 |
---|---|---|
Orange | Apple | more |
Bread | Pie | more |
Butter | Ice cream | and more |
dummy
Definition lists
- term
- definition
numbered lists with preformatted text
- item 1
- item 2
preformatted text
unformatted text
- item 3
preformatted text
preformatted text
monospace
monospace text
include one page into another
This is called transclusion. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion for more details.
horizontal line
Use ---- which will show up as
organize wiki into hierarchical structure
- use subpages - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages
Note:- Subpages are useful for organising information hierarchically. On the other hand, subpages tend to have a long name that is hard to remember, so it may be more user-friendly to use them as little as possible. You can also organize pages with the category feature, which is more suitable for creating a hierarchical network of information.
templates for comparison tables
To create a "yes" template, I created a page with title "Template:Yes" and with contents
<noinclude>{| class="wikitable" |- |</noinclude>style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:{{{align|center}}};{{{style|}}}" class="table-yes"|{{{1|Yes}}}<noinclude> |}
The exact code was obtained by going to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Yes -> click the "View source" tab in the top right -> copy the source code.
For a list of these type of templates, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Yes
math equations
useful links
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories
- http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Help:Formatting - shows how to format references and footnotes.
- http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/dokuwiki+mediawiki - comparison of docuwiki and mediawiki. At the bottom, it lists syntax example for common use cases.